Photos: Arie-Jan Vreeken and Erik van Putten Sometimes a number in the month heralds a beautiful memory. An unforgettable day in that part of the classic car world where I've felt at home for years. It's the…
It's finally here. Today I published my 1250th online article for Auto Motor KlassiekAnd that's the contribution you're reading now. It's remarkable to reach that number, especially when I think back to how…
Summer is slowly coming to an end, but the Association Peugeot Hollande (APH) managed to close the season one last time in style. The annual Rencontre event took place "au Centre" this time – and it was a worthy finale…
My neighbor's partner has been driving a 406 Peugeot 2.0 16 2003V for some time now. After years of ownership, the charm of this friendly North Hollander still brings a smile to his face. But the first headaches were looming...
From Friday, June 20th to 22nd, it happened. The extraordinary three-day International Peugeot event IAPM finally took place. After the previous edition in the Netherlands in Oosterbeek in 2016, Marknesse was now the staging post and the base…
A close-knit club of Peugeot enthusiasts who regularly organize beautiful rides. We are talking about Association Peugeot Hollande. They keep the tradition and history of the French Lion brand alive, even while driving. You have read a number of…
“Goadgoan” and “weerkomme”, these are words from the local colloquialism in the Achterhoek. And that is one of the beautiful leafy areas in the east of the country that are ideal for beautiful tours. The APH (Association Peugeot Hollande) chose…
Every editor has his or her secret favorites. I have had a soft spot for the Peugeot 204 since childhood. The first front-wheel drive car from the French manufacturer still gets under my skin. Arie-Jan Vreeken from Utrecht has…
For two weeks we have access to the Peugeot 308 SW Allure Pack Business Hybrid 180. On a beautiful Saturday we pitted this Plug-in hybrid against one of its ancestors: the Peugeot 304 Break SL. About the classic Peugeot…
A while ago we met Cor Tjepkema. He is not only a Peugeot fan, but also the owner of one of the oldest Peugeot 505s in the Netherlands. The GR we rode rolled off two months after the press introduction…
It started for Rense with mopeds and some of them still have an important place in the garage: A Zündapp, a Sparta and a Yamaha. It takes him back to his youth, in the time when everyone had a moped. …
Johan Deinum is a Peugeot specialist in Joure, Friesland. He does not live in the past, but still likes to look in the 'rear-view mirror' regularly. His range of beautiful modern used cars is wide and his daily work in maintenance and repairs is also completely up to date. Classics and vintage cars. We would like to pay attention to his Peugeot 402 Darl'Mat Roadster from 1938.
The French Dispatch is the new film from producer Wes Anderson. The fresh and atypical production depicts stories by editors of an American magazine of the same name. The magazine is published in a fictional 20th century French town called Ennui-sur-Blasé.…
In 1968 Peugeot showed the 504 to the world. It immediately became Car of the Year. The refreshing design was one of the decisive factors for the honorary title. The independent suspension and disc brakes all round also played an important role in the selection of this beautiful mid-sized car, which had a long European career. From 1968 to 1983 it was available on our continent as a Peugeot 504 Berline.
Peugeot 203 was a family car produced by Peugeot between 1948 and 1960. At that time it had already had a development period of five years. Volume production was initially hampered by strikes and post-war material shortages, but production got underway late in 1948, when buyers took delivery of 1949 units from early 203 onwards.
While the designers and constructors from Project M24 are working energetically on the Peugeot 205, Jean Todt (the current FIA boss) is thinking about a new sports project. In October 1981 he was appointed competition manager of Peugeot. In December…
A limousine is an extended luxury car, which usually can transport more than four people. The word limousine originates from France. The name is derived from the province of Limousin where carriages were in vogue sometime in the eighteenth century… Never mind. After all, AMK is not a horse magazine.
The year 2020 should have been marked by numerous anniversaries. For example, 1970 produced illustrious automobiles, but ten years earlier the world was introduced to the car that could qualify for the title of anniversary of the…
As with the Volvo's, the breaks, the station wagons, were a solid part of the revenue model at Peugeot. And where there is quite a bit of confusion among people about what awaits us after our final departure, the answer to the question when it came to Peugeots was “Africa”.
In the spring of 1980, this sedan debuted as "Talbot Simca Solara", before continuing its career as Talbot Solara.